Wilson Goode

Wilson Goode (19 August 1938-) was Mayor of Philadelphia (D) from 2 January 1984 to 6 January 1992, succeeding William J. Green III and preceding Ed Rendell.

Biography
Wilson Goode was born into a family of African-American tenant farmers in Seaboard, North Carolina in 1938, and he later moved to Philadelphia. Governor Milton Shapp made him the first black member of the state's Public Utility Commission, and he also became the first black managing director thanks to Mayor William J. Green III. He served as Mayor from 1984 to 1992, and he narrowly defeated Republican mayoral candidate and former Democratic mayor Frank Rizzo in 1987 with 51% of the vote. Goode left office in 1991.